Female mongooses start violent fights to mate with unrelated males
10 November 2020Female banded mongooses lead their groups into fights then try to mate with enemy males in the chaos of battle, new research has found. Meanwhile,...
Beyond the pandemic: build a greener future
09 November 2020It is crucial that recovery from the pandemic is shaped to support the responses to climate change and biodiversity loss if we hope to mitigate...
Honour among thieves: the study of a cybercrime marketplace in action
06 November 2020Researchers at the Cambridge Cybercrime Centre have revealed what they’ve learned from analysing hundreds of thousands of illicit trades that took place in an underground...
Climate change and food demand could shrink species’ habitats by almost a quarter by 2100
06 November 2020Mammals, birds and amphibians worldwide have lost on average 18% of their natural habitat range as a result of changes in land use and climate...
Cambridge Zero launches first climate festival
06 November 2020Cambridge researchers offer sneak peek of blueprint for green future as part of free week-long climate festival.
Game combats political misinformation by letting players undermine democracy
06 November 2020A short online game in which players are recruited as a “Chief Disinformation Officer” and use tactics such as trolling to sabotage elections in a peaceful...
Discovery of shape of the SARS-CoV-2 genome after infection could inform new COVID-19 treatments
05 November 2020Scientists at the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with Justus-Liebig University, Germany, have uncovered how the genome of SARS-CoV-2 - the coronavirus that causes COVID-19...
Technique to regenerate the optic nerve offers hope for future glaucoma treatment
05 November 2020Scientists have used gene therapy to regenerate damaged nerve fibres in the eye, in a discovery that could aid the development of new treatments for...
Researchers show how to target a 'shape-shifting' protein in Alzheimer’s disease
04 November 2020A new study suggests that it is possible to design drugs that can target a type of shape-shifting protein involved in Alzheimer’s disease, which was...
Why it takes guts to protect the brain against infection
04 November 2020The brain is uniquely protected against invading bacteria and viruses, but its defence mechanism has long remained a mystery. Now, a study in mice, confirmed...
